History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue des Cygnes

In Dutch: Zwanenstraat

Rue des Cygnes, in Ixelles, has 17 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 53% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 29% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19135
1914 – 19449
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1938.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature
Named in: 1938

A l'origine, le quartier actuel de la rue du cygne, des liégeois, de la brasserie, etc.. était appelé 'Zwaenenberg', Mont des Cygnes. Vers 1843, la rue du Trou aux Chiens prit la dénomination de rue du Cygne, mais lors du réaménagement du quartier de la Place Flagey, elle disparut et devint la rue des Liégeois. La rue des Cygnes fait donc vraisemblablement référence au quartier du cygne dans son ensemble. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.